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Specification Quality Checklist: Ollama Endpoint Support

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning Created: 2025-11-26 Feature: spec.md

Content Quality

  • No implementation details (languages, frameworks, APIs)
  • Focused on user value and business needs
  • Written for non-technical stakeholders
  • All mandatory sections completed

Requirement Completeness

  • No [NEEDS CLARIFICATION] markers remain
  • Requirements are testable and unambiguous
  • Success criteria are measurable
  • Success criteria are technology-agnostic (no implementation details)
  • All acceptance scenarios are defined
  • Edge cases are identified
  • Scope is clearly bounded
  • Dependencies and assumptions identified

Feature Readiness

  • All functional requirements have clear acceptance criteria
  • User scenarios cover primary flows
  • Feature meets measurable outcomes defined in Success Criteria
  • No implementation details leak into specification

Validation Results

Content Quality Review

✅ PASS - No implementation details: The spec focuses on WHAT users need (configure Ollama endpoints, run chat/test commands) without specifying HOW it will be implemented. References to Semantic Kernel are appropriately placed in Dependencies section, not in Requirements.

✅ PASS - Focused on user value: All user stories emphasize user benefits (offline development, reduced costs, data privacy, cost-effective testing).

✅ PASS - Non-technical language: The spec uses plain language suitable for business stakeholders. Technical terms (Ollama, endpoints, models) are necessary domain vocabulary, not implementation details.

✅ PASS - All mandatory sections completed: User Scenarios, Requirements, Success Criteria, and Assumptions all present with concrete content.

Requirement Completeness Review

✅ PASS - No clarification markers: The spec contains zero [NEEDS CLARIFICATION] markers. All decisions use informed defaults documented in Assumptions.

✅ PASS - Testable requirements: All 15 functional requirements can be tested. Examples: - FR-001: Verify agent.yaml accepts provider: ollama - FR-005: Test connectivity validation on initialization - FR-007: Run holodeck chat and verify it works

✅ PASS - Measurable success criteria: All 8 success criteria include specific metrics: - SC-001: "under 2 minutes" - SC-003: "100% success rate" - SC-004: "90% of users can resolve" - SC-006: "at least 5 different models"

✅ PASS - Technology-agnostic success criteria: All SC items focus on user outcomes, not implementation: - SC-002: "respond within the same time frame" (not "API latency < 100ms") - SC-004: "clear enough that 90% of users can resolve" (not "uses structured error codes")

✅ PASS - Acceptance scenarios defined: 11 total acceptance scenarios across 4 user stories, all following Given-When-Then format.

✅ PASS - Edge cases identified: 6 edge cases covering connectivity failures, missing models, mid-conversation failures, incompatible parameters, API versions, and resource errors.

✅ PASS - Scope clearly bounded: "Out of Scope" section explicitly excludes installation/management, model pulling, server hosting, custom API extensions, embedding models, version management, performance optimization, and multi-modal support.

✅ PASS - Dependencies and assumptions identified: 8 assumptions documented (Ollama installation responsibility, model availability, API compatibility, authentication, defaults, network access, SK integration, config format) and dependencies listed (external: Ollama, SK, network; internal: config system, models, agent engine, CLI, evaluation).

Feature Readiness Review

✅ PASS - Functional requirements have clear acceptance criteria: Each FR maps to acceptance scenarios in user stories. For example: - FR-001 (specify Ollama provider) → User Story 1, Scenario 1 - FR-007 (holodeck chat) → User Story 1, Scenario 2 - FR-008 (holodeck test) → User Story 2, Scenario 1

✅ PASS - User scenarios cover primary flows: 4 prioritized user stories cover: - P1: Local Ollama configuration (core functionality) - P2: Testing with Ollama (key use case) - P3: Model switching (optimization) - P3: Remote servers (advanced use case)

✅ PASS - Measurable outcomes align with feature: Success criteria directly support user stories: - SC-001, SC-002: Support User Story 1 (chat) - SC-003, SC-008: Support User Story 2 (testing) - SC-005, SC-006: Support User Story 3 (model switching)

✅ PASS - No implementation leakage: The spec maintains separation between WHAT and HOW. References to Semantic Kernel, OllamaConfig, OllamaService are in Dependencies/Key Entities where context is needed, not in functional requirements.

Overall Assessment

STATUS: ✅ READY FOR PLANNING

All 12 validation criteria passed. The specification is: - Complete with all mandatory sections - Free of implementation details in requirements - Testable and unambiguous - Measurable with technology-agnostic success criteria - Ready for clarification or implementation planning

Notes

No issues found. The spec successfully balances technical accuracy (Ollama-specific configuration needs) with business focus (user value, measurable outcomes). The reference to Semantic Kernel integration is appropriately scoped to Dependencies rather than dictating implementation in Requirements.